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<\/a>If you\u2019ve ever wondered why the Libertarian Futurist Society’s Special Prometheus Awards have recognized all of the above, then wonder no longer.<\/p>\nYou can check it out on the LFS website\u2019s Prometheus Awards page, which now has convenient links to Appreciation review-essays about all 10 works that have won recognition since the occasional Special Awards category of was established in 1998.<\/p>\n
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Unlike our two annual Prometheus award categories for Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame), the Libertarian Futurist Society only occasionally bestows \u2013 where merited – a Special Prometheus Award on a pro-liberty work of sf\/fantasy that falls outside our usual categories and eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n
And like the Best Classic Fiction category, these Special Awards can embrace many different types of fictional art (except for novels) \u2013 including short stories, novellas, anthologies, songs, movies and other things that the LFS has not yet recognized but might someday, from operas and musicals to poems and TV-series episodes.<\/p>\n Here is the full list of Special Prometheus Award winners, with convenient links to their appreciation essays written by LFS members and posted over the past year on the Prometheus Blog:<\/p>\n 2017 – Mark Stanley, Special Award for Chapter 1 of\u00a0Freefall<\/strong><\/a>, a webcomic\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n 2014 — Leslie Fish, for a novella,\u00a0Tower of Horses<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and filk song,\u00a0The Horsetamer’s Daughter<\/em>.\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2007 — James McTeigue (director) and The Wachowski Brothers (screenplay),\u00a0V For Vendetta<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(movie)\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n 2005 — Editors Mark Tier and Martin H. Greenberg,\u00a0Give Me Liberty<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Visions of Liberty<\/a><\/strong>, anthologies for Baen Books\u00a0Appreciation, Part 1<\/em><\/a>Appreciation, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n 1998 — Editors Brad Linaweaver and Edward E Kramer,\u00a0Free Space<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Anthology)\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Note: While the four authors who have won Special Prometheus Awards for Lifetime Achievement have not directly received overall Appreciations for their lifetimes of work and achievement, each has won multiple Prometheus Awards \u2013 and thus Poul Anderson, Vernor Vinge, F. Paul Wilson and L. Neil Smith have been recognized through the specific Appreciation review-essays already published for each of their Best Novel and Best Classic fiction awards.<\/p>\n * Watch the videos<\/strong>\u00a0of past Prometheus Awards ceremonies, Libertarian Futurist Society panel discussions with noted sf authors and leading libertarian writers, and other LFS programs on the Prometheus Blog\u2019s Video page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n * Read the\u00a0introductory essay<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of the LFS\u2019 40th\u00a0<\/sup>anniversary retrospective series of Appreciations of past Prometheus Awards winners, with an overview of the awards\u2019 four-decade-plus history, that was launched in 2019 on the 40th\u00a0<\/sup>anniversary of the awards and continues today.<\/p>\n * Prometheus winners:\u00a0<\/strong>For a full list of winners, finalists and nominees \u2013 for the annual Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame) categories and occasional Special Awards \u2013 visit the enhanced\u00a0Prometheus Awards page\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>on the LFS website, which now includes convenient links to the full set of published appreciation-reviews of past winners.<\/p>\n *\u00a0Join us<\/strong>! To help sustain the Prometheus Awards,\u00a0join\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>the Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS), a non-profit all-volunteer association of freedom-loving sf\/fantasy fans.<\/p>\n Libertarian futurists believe that culture matters! We understand that the arts and literature can be vital, and in some ways even more powerful than politics in the long run, by sparking innovation, better ideas, positive social change, and mutual respect for each other\u2019s rights and differences.<\/p>\n Through recognizing the literature of liberty and the many different but complementary visions of a free future via the Prometheus Awards, the LFS hopes to help spread better visions of the future that help humanity overcome tyranny, slavery and war and achieve universal liberty and human rights and a better world (perhaps eventually, worlds) for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three anthologies. Two films. Two graphic novels. A related novella and filk song. Plus, a webcomic about a sentient robot and his pals. If you\u2019ve ever wondered why the Libertarian Futurist Society’s Special Prometheus Awards have recognized all of the above, then wonder no longer. You can check it out on the LFS website\u2019s Prometheus … Continue reading Appreciation series update: Review-essays of Special Prometheus Award fiction winners now available, linked<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,249,31,1125,1166],"tags":[1386,1357,75,203,77,1434,1297,1210,1595,1368,29,1385,1440,1299,1326,1596,124,1161,1592,1594,1593,1597,987,702],"class_list":["post-4613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-awards-history","category-awards-news","category-updates","category-special-awards","tag-tower-of-horses","tag-alex-ada","tag-brad-linaweaver","tag-edward-e-kramer","tag-free-space","tag-freefall","tag-give-me-liberty","tag-james-mcteigue","tag-jonathan-luna","tag-joss-whedon","tag-l-neil-smith","tag-leslie-fish","tag-mark-stanley","tag-mark-tier","tag-martin-h-greenberg","tag-sarah-vaughn","tag-scott-bieser","tag-serenity","tag-special-prometheus-awards","tag-the-horsetamers-daughter","tag-the-probability-broach-the-graphic-novel","tag-the-wachowski-brothers","tag-v-for-vendetta","tag-visions-of-liberty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe8nGl-1cp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4833,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions\/4833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Like the Best Novel category, the Special Awards to individual works of fiction do focus on the past year\u2019s achievements \u2013 but with a focus on every other type of sf\/fantasy outside of novels.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>2016 – Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn, Special Award for\u00a0Alex + Ada<\/strong>, a graphic novel\u00a0Part 1<\/a>,\u00a0Part 2<\/a>,\u00a0Part 3<\/a>\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n2006 — Joss Whedon (writer\/director),\u00a0Serenity<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(movie)\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>2005 — L. Neil Smith (writer) and Scott Bieser (illustrator),\u00a0The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Appreciation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n